Pauline Betz, American tennis player died he was , 91.

 Pauline May Betz Addie was an American professional tennis player died he was , 91.. She won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions. Jack Kramer has called her the second best female tennis player he ever saw, behind Helen Wills Moody.


(August 6, 1919 - May 31, 2011)

Early life

Betz attended Los Angeles High School and learned her tennis from Dick Skeen. She continued her tennis and education at Rollins College (graduating in 1943),^[3][4][5][6] where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She went on to win four United States Singles Championships.^[5]

Career

Addie won the first of her four singles titles at the U.S. Championships in 1942, saving a match point in the semifinals against Margaret Osborne duPont while trailing 3–5 in the final set.^[7] The following year, she won the Tri-State tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, defeating Catherine Wolf in the final 6–0, 6–2 without losing a point in the first set,^[7] a "Golden Set". She won the Wimbledon singles title in 1946, the only time she entered the tournament, without losing a set.^[7] Her amateur career ended when she explored the possibilities of turning professional.^[7]
According to John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Addie was ranked World No. 1 in 1946 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945).^[8] Addie was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association from 1939 through 1946. She was the top ranked U.S. player from 1942 through 1944 and in 1946.^[9]
Addie was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1965.^[7]
The Pauline Betz Addie Tennis Center at Cabin John Regional Park in Potomac, Maryland was renamed in her honor on May 1, 2008. Addie, Allie Ritzenberg, and Stanley Hoffberger founded the center in 1972.^{[citation needed]}

Grand Slam record

• French Championships
• Singles runner-up: 1946
• Women's Doubles runner-up: 1946
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1946

• Wimbledon
• Singles champion: 1946
• Women's Doubles runner-up: 1946

• U.S. Championships
• Singles champion: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946
• Singles runner-up: 1941, 1945
• Women's Doubles runner-up: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
• Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1941, 1943

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1942	U.S. Championships	Louise Brough Clapp	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1943	U.S. Championships (2)	Louise Brough Clapp	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1944	U.S. Championships (3)	Margaret Osborne duPont	6–3, 8–6
1946	Wimbledon	Louise Brough Clapp	6–2, 6–4
1946	U.S. Championships (4)	Doris Hart	11–9, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1941	U.S. Championships	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	7–5, 6–2
1945	U.S. Championships	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	3–6, 8–6, 6–4
1946	French Championships	Margaret Osborne duPont	1–6, 8–6, 7–5

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	19461	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	0 / 0
French Championships	A	NH	R	R	R	R	A	F	0 / 1
Wimbledon	A	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	W	1 / 1
U.S. Championships	1R	QF	F	W	W	W	F	W	4 / 8
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 1	2 / 3	5 / 10

NH = tournament not held. R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation. A = did not participate in the tournament. SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
¹In 1946, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

Personal life

Betz was married to sportswriter Bob Addie.^[7] She was the mother of author Kim Addonizio.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Pauline Betz Addie died in her sleep on May 31, 2011. She was 91 years old.^[10]

 

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Hans Keilson, German-born Dutch psychoanalyst and novelist died he was , 101.

Hans Alex Keilson was a Jewish German/Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst, and child psychologist died he was , 101. He was best known for his novels set during the Second World War, during which he was an active member of the Dutch resistance.
Keilson, having worked with traumatized orphans, mainly wrote about traumas induced by the war. His first novel was published in 1934, but most of his works were published after the war. In 2010, The New York Times 's Francine Prose described Keilson as "one of the world's greatest writers", notably honouring Keilson's achievements in the year in which he turned 101 years old.

(12 December 1909 – 31 May 2011)

Biography

1928–40: Exile

From 1928 to 1934, Keilson studied pharmacology in Berlin, but due to the Nazi law prohibiting Jews from employment, Keilson was employed as a professional gym teacher to Jewish private schools, and occasionally made money as a musician. During this period, Keilson also met his first wife, graphologist Gertud Manz (1901). In 1936, the couple went into exile and fled to the Netherlands. During his time here, Keilson wrote a few books in Dutch language, crediting himself under the pseudonym Benjamin Cooper.

1941–69: WWII and aftermath

In 1941, Keilson went into hiding and had to leave his pregnant wife behind. His wife gave birth to a daughter, Barbara, in the same year; she pretended the girl's father was a German officer to prevent prosecution. Meanwhile, Keilson had moved in with a married couple in Delft, taking on a new identity as physician Dr. Van der Linden. During this time, the Dutch resistance asked him to pay visits to Jewish children that had been separated from their parents after they had gone into hiding. These experiences in particular formed the main inspiration for Keilson's later works. Keilson reunited with his wife and daughter after the war. He and Gertrud were unable to marry before the war. In Germany they couldn't marry because of Keilson's Jewish origins. In the Netherlands it was not possible to marry for the Dutch law as German citizens. And so, when the war was over they married within the Liberal Jewish Community of Amsterdam. After the war Gertrud had to explain to the Dutch neighbours that her husband was indeed German, but also Jewish, to avoid further consequenses

Keilson had to requalify for his physician's license, should he want to work in the Netherlands, and did so. He specialized as a psychiatrist and a psychoanalyticus. In 1969, Gertrud died.
During the war, Keilson's parents were deported to Auschwitz, where both died. In later interviews Keilson expressed deep regret for being unable to save his parents.

1970–2009: Second marriage

Keilson remarried in 1970, with literature historian Marita Lauritz (1935), 25 years his junior. Marita gave birth to his second daughter, Bloeme, in 1974. He published several more works and received little media attention. On his special birthday anniversaries, such as his 70th, 80th and 90th birthday, Dutch media would do interviews with him.

2010–11: Media attention

In 2010, The New York Times 's Francine Prose described Keilson as "one of the world's greatest writers". Much media attention, in both the United States and his native Netherlands, was given to the fact that Keilson received this acknowledgement at the age of 100. Keilson was invited to Dutch talkshow De Wereld Draait Door ("The World Keeps Spinning"), where he was interviewed by presenter Matthijs van Nieuwkerk. Many more articles and interviews would appear in the year following, world-wide. "Der Tod des Widersachers" ("The Death of the Adversary") has been translated in 20 languages.
He died on May 31, 2011 in Hilversum, the Netherlands at the age of 101.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Author Hans Keilson dies at 101". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. June 2, 2011.
2. ^ Francine Prose, "As Darkness Falls," New York Times Sunday Book Review, August 5, 2010.
3. ^ William Grimes (June 2, 2011). "Hans Keilson, Novelist of Life in Nazi-Run Europe, Dies at 101". The New York Times.

Publications

• The Death of the Adversary [novel; translation of Der Tod des Widersachers: Roman]. 2010.
• Comedy in a Minor Key [novel; translation of Komödie in Moll]. 2010.
• Hans Keilson (100) Frankfurt am Main: Fischer. 2009.
• Werke, Bd. 2 / Gedichte und Essays. 2005.
• Werke, Bd. 1 / Romane und Erzaehlungen. 2005.
• Sequentielle Traumatisierung bei Kindern: Untersuchung zum Schicksal jüdischer Kriegswaisen. Psychosozial-Verlag. 2005. (English translation: Sequential Traumatisation in Children. A clinical and statistical follow-up study on the fate of the Jewish war orphans in the Netherlands. The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 1992. ISBN 965-223-806-6)
• Probleme in der sexuellen Erziehung Essen: Neue Deutsche Schule Verlagsgesellschaft. 1966.

Secondary materials

• Anon. "Fresh Ink," "Books," San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate, August 8, 2010: F8.
• Kirsch, Adam. "Bearing Witness: A reissued novel and a newly translated novella offer a reintroduction to the 100-year-old Hans Keilson," Tablet http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/books/41363/bearing-witness/. Aug 3, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
• Das Münchener Abkommen und die Intellektuellen: Literatur und Exil in Frankreich zwischen Krise und Krieg edited by Martine Boyer-Weinmann et al. Tuebingen: Narr. 2008.[Keilson discusses his exile.]
• "Gedenk und vergiß – im Abschaum der Geschichte ..." : Trauma und Erinnern ; Hans Keilson zu Ehren ; Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber. – Tübingen : edition diskord. 2001.
• Juelich, Dierk (ed.). Geschichte als Trauma. Festschrift für Hans Keilson zu seinem 80. Geburtstag. Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag. 1989.
• Roland Kaufhold: Neue Werke von Hans Keilson „Kein Plädoyer für eine Luftschaukel“ in haGalil
• Roland Kaufhold: "Das Leben geht weiter". Hans Keilson, ein jüdischer Psychoanalytiker, Schriftsteller, Pädagoge und Musiker
• Roland Kaufhold (2008): Das Leben geht weiter. Hans Keilson, ein jüdischer Psychoanalytiker, Schriftsteller, Pädagoge und Musiker, in: Zeitschrift für psychoanalytische Theorie und Praxis (ZPTP), Heft 1/2-2008, pp. 142–167. online
• Hans-Jürgen Balmes (Hg.) e.a.: Hans Keilson 100 in: Neue Rundschau 2009/4; pp. Fischer, Frankfurt 2009
• Roland Kaufhold (2009): Hans Keilson wird 100. Schriftsteller, Traumatherapeut, Psychoanalytiker, in: Tribüne H. 192, 4/2009, pp. 10–13
• Roland Kaufhold (2010): Keine Spuren mehr im Rauchfang der Lüfte – sprachloser Himmel. Hans Keilson wird 100, in: Kinderanalyse, 1/2010 17. Jg., pp. 94–109.
• Heinrich Detering: Ein verborgener Erzähler : Der Schriftsteller und Psychoanalytiker Hans Keilson feiert heute seinen Hundertsten, in: FAZ, 12. Dezember 2009, Seite 36
• Roland Kaufhold (2009): Weiterleben – biografische Kontinuität im Exil. Hans Keilson wird 100, in: psychosozial Nr. 118 (4/2009). pp.

 

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Adolfas Mekas, Lithuanian-born American film director died he was , 85

Adolfas Mekas was a Lithuanian-born film director, and brother of Jonas Mekas  died he was , 85. He is principally known for his work in the United States.

(September 30, 1925 – May 31, 2011)

Prior to World War II, Adolfas and Jonas Mekas had set up a theatre. Later, in a camp for displaced persons, they studied with a teacher of the Stanislavsky System.^[1] The brothers emigrated to the United States in 1949. They studied with Hans Richter before establishing Film Culture magazine in 1955.^[2]
Adolfas Mekas directed a number of films including Hallelujah the Hills and Going Home, both of which are considered landmarks of the New American Cinema movement.^[3][4] In 1971 he joined the newly formed film department at Bard College, which was soon dubbed the "Peoples' Film Department" under his chairmanship.^{[citation needed]} He continued to teach at Bard until retiring in May 2004.
Mekas died on May 31, 2011.^[5][6]

Selected filmography

• Hallelujah the Hills (1963)
• The Brig (1964) (with Jonas Mekas)
• Skyscraper (1965)
• The Double-Barreled Detective Story (1965)
• Windflowers (1968)
• Campeneras and Campaneros (1970)
• Going Home (1971)

 

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Andy Robustelli, American Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants) died he was , 85.

Andrew Richard "Andy" Robustelli was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giants. He played college football at Arnold College and was drafted in the nineteenth round of the 1951 NFL Draft. Robustelli was a seven-time First-team All-pro selection and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

(December 6, 1925 – May 31, 2011)

Early life

Robustelli was born on December 6, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut, to Lucien Robustelli, an Italian-American and his wife Catherine Robustelli. He attended Stamford High School, where he excelled in football and baseball. At age 18, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the USS William C. Cole in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he attended Arnold College, in Milford, Connecticut, where he played both football and baseball. After college, he was drafted in the NFL by the Los Angeles Rams in the nineteenth round of the 1951 NFL Draft. In June, 1951, he was offered a tryout with the New York Giants baseball club. The Giants offered Robustelli a $400 contract to play with their minor league affiliate Knoxville Smokies.^[2]

Football career

Player

A two-way end at Arnold College, Robustelli was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the nineteenth round of the 1951 NFL Draft and was considered a long shot to make the team. The Rams were impressed with his determination and toughness as a defensive end and he not only made the team, he was an All-Pro in 1953 and 1955. He played for the Rams until he was traded to the New York Giants in 1956.
Robustelli spent nine seasons with the Giants, playing for six conference champions and one NFL championship team. He was a starter on the Giants defense from 1956 until his retirement after the 1964 season.
In Robustelli's first season, the Giants won the NFL championship and after that they won Eastern Division titles in 1958, '59, '61, '62, and '63, losing in the NFL championship game each time, in 1958 and 1959 to the Baltimore Colts, in 1961 and 1962 to the Green Bay Packers and in 1963 to the Chicago Bears.
With the Giants, Robustelli was an All-Pro from 1956 through 1960. He received the 1962 Bert Bell Award as best player in the NFL, one of the few defensive players to do so. He played in 174 NFL games, missing only one in his career. He recovered 22 fumbles in his career (the NFL record when he retired) and intercepted two passes, both going for touchdowns.
Although small for a defensive end at 6'0" and 230 pounds, Robustelli was exceptionally smart, quick, strong and known as a superb pass rusher.^[3] Robustelli also holds the distinction of being the only football player to have played in the first two nationally televised NFL games.^[4]

[edit] Administrator

Robustelli returned to the Giants in 1974 when he was appointed the ballclub's Director of Operations. He took over a team whose 2–11–1 record the previous season was the worst in the National Football Conference (NFC).^[5] The Giants had to play home games at the Yale Bowl in 1974 and Shea Stadium in 1975 before they were finally able to move into Giants Stadium in 1976.
The Giants never had a winning record during Robustelli's six years in the front office. Its best finish during that span was 6–10–0 in 1978. The finish to the 19–17 debacle to the Philadelphia Eagles on November 19 that season, known to Giants fans as simply "The Fumble," hastened Robustelli's departure from his duties as general manager. He was succeeded by George Young following that campaign.

Beyond the gridiron

After his retirement as an active player, Robustelli purchased Stamford-based Westheim Travel in 1965, and renamed it Robustelli Travel Services, Inc. Specializing in corporate travel management, it grew into Robustelli World Travel by the time it was sold to Hogg Robinson Group in 2006.^[6]
He also founded National Professional Athletes (NPA), a sports marketing business which arranged appearances by sports celebrities at corporate functions, and International Equities, which evolved into Robustelli Merchandise Services. The latter eventually became the foundation for Robustelli Corporate Services.^[6]

Awards and honors

Robustelli is a member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.^[3][7]
He was named Walter Camp Man of the Year in 1988.

 

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Philip Rose, American theatrical producer, died from a stroke he was , 89.

Philip Rose was a Broadway theatrical producer of such productions as A Raisin in the Sun, The Owl and the Pussycat, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Purlie, and Shenandoah. His work was particularly notable for its social insight and distinctive social conscience.

(July 4, 1921 – May 31, 2011)

Art and social justice

Philip Rose was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Russian Jewish parents.^[2]
As a young man, he earned money singing at weddings and funerals and later worked briefly as a bill collector. His family moved to Washington, D.C. during the Great Depression and he began working at 16 for many of the local stores in the area.
While working in mostly black neighborhoods, he ended up going into people's homes and was accepted by some of the families forming personal friendships. It was there that he learned about Gospel music and Jazz. Washington, D.C., at the time, was a segregated city, but he found ways to spend time with friends he made there. He attributed this experience with segregation as having changed his life. His father, Max Rosenberg, always expressed himself differently on racial matters than the people in the neighborhood. He was very critical of racism and this made a lasting impression on the young Philip Rose.
In 1945, after arriving in New York, Philip Rose toured with an opera company. He was in a Gilbert & Sullivan company in Greenwich Village where he met his wife, the actress Doris Belack. Shortly afterward, he began touring for a whole season doing musicals.

Civil liberty and human friendship

Philip Rose went to Harlem and began to sing Jazz. He became instantly involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. While in Harlem, he got to know struggling black artists including William Marshall, who was one of the few black actors to have a career. William Marshall was among the artists Philip Rose invited to his apartment for a meeting concerning the Mississippi lynching of Emmett Till. Rose regarded his friensdhips with Sidney Poitier and Lorraine Hansberry as amongst two of the most important in his life.
When he decided to produce A Raisin in the Sun for Broadway, the first person he called was Sidney Poitier, not just because he wanted him to because he had no idea where to begin in the casting process. Sidney Poitier got an attorney for him, assisted him in the whole process, and remained his best friend up until Philip's death.

The Struggle Against Racism

Philip Rose, in his work and his life, struggled against racism and discrimination in all its multifarious forms and disguises. He has observed that though racism has been extant in numerous contexts, it began in America as a business proposition: Slavery. The social consciousness of the work he has produced reflects his own perceptive, empathic consciousness.
In two anecdotes relating to Raisin in the Sun, he pointed out that in 1959, the year the play was first produced, there was a man seated in the best seat in the House (Fourth Row Center). This man asked at intermission to change his seat. There did not appear to be a problem with the seat and the house was completely sold out. The man was permitted to stand in the back of the theater. Philip Rose went to the man's seat and noticed that there was a black couple on either side of the seat he had occupied. This man preferred to stand at the back of the theater for the entire performance rather than in the best seat in the house situated between two black couples, an interesting commentary on the irrationality of prejudice.
Another anecdotal experience occurred while Raisin in the Sun was touring Washington D.C. Near the end of the play, Walter Lee Younger says:
"We have decided to move into our house because my father — my father — he earned it for us brick by brick.".^[3]
The audience which was 95% white applauded. The next day, along with a rave review there was an editorial stating that the same people who applauded Walter Lee, went home and kept fighting to keep black people out of their neighborhoods.
Philip Rose expressed the hope that the message of the play might cause one or two of these individuals to learn something about their own attitudes and to examine those of the society in general.

Innovation and diversity on Broadway

Philip Rose was honored in 1995 with the Actors' Equity Rosetta Lenoire Award for "being an innovator in the theater" and for showcasing "a vast and rich array of actors and playwrights and for exposing Broadway audiences to a world of diversity."^[4]
Rose worked over the course of five decades as producer and director of theatrical events imbued with an urgent impulse to change the thinking and assumptions of audiences on a range of social issues. In Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious and the musical Purlie, the issue was racism; In Shenandoah, the issue was war; in Sun Flower, the issue was women's rights; and in My Old Friends, the issue was old age.
Rose was an innovator in non-traditional casting too. In 1964, he cast the black actress Diana Sands opposite Alan Alda in the two-character comedy/love story, The Owl and the Pussycat. When fellow producer Alexander Cohen requested that the script be rewritten for Diana Sands, Philip Rose stated, "She's doing it exactly as it is written — a woman who falls in love." After the opening, Mr. Cohen said: "I was all wrong."^[5]
The Owl and the Pussycat became a Broadway hit.
On the subject of human brotherhood, the idea at the root of much of his work, Philip Rose noted that the yiddish song "Chussen Kalle Mazel Tov" and the song "St. James Infirmary", which arises from the American black blues tradition, share the same melody. One inference to be drawn is that both songs arise from the heart of a people and the sameness of melody shows that people who've sometimes seen each other as different are much more alike then they realize. In their depths, the world is felt the same way.
Philip Rose died in Englewood, New Jersey.

Theatrical credits

 Productions

• The Cemetery Club [Original, Play, Comedy]

Produced by Philip Rose; Executive Producer: Philip Rose May 15, 1990 - Jul 1, 1990

• Truly Blessed [Original, Musical]

Produced by Philip Rose; Executive Producer: Philip Rose April 22, 1990 - May 20, 1990

• Shenandoah [Revival, Musical]

Directed by Philip Rose; Book by Philip Rose August 8, 1989 - September 2, 1989

• Checkmates [Original, Play, Comedy]

Produced by Philip Rose August 4, 1988 - December 31, 1988

• Late Nite Comic [Original, Musical]

Directed by Philip Rose October 15, 1987 - October 17, 1987

• Amen Corner [Original, Musical]

Directed by Philip Rose; Associate Produced by Philip Rose; Book by Philip Rose November 10, 1983 - December 4, 1983

• Comin' Uptown [Original, Musical]

Directed by Philip Rose; Book by Philip Rose Dec 20, 1979 - Jan 27, 1980

• My Old Friends [Original, Musical]

Directed by Philip Rose Apr 12, 1979 - May 27, 1979

• Angel [Original, Musical]

Directed by Philip Rose; Produced by Philip Rose May 10, 1978 - May 13, 1978

• The Trip Back Down [Original, Play]

Produced by Philip Rose Jan 4, 1977 - Mar 5, 1977

• Kings [Original, Special, Dance, Drama]

Produced by Philip Rose Sep 27, 1976 - Oct 18, 1976

• Shenandoah [Original, Musical]

Directed by Philip Rose; Produced by Philip Rose; Book by Philip Rose Jan 7, 1975 - Aug 7, 1977

• Purlie [Revival, Musical, Comedy]

Directed by Philip Rose; Produced by Philip Rose; Book by Philip Rose Dec 27, 1972 - Jan 7, 1973

• Purlie [Original, Musical, Comedy]

Directed by Philip Rose; Produced by Philip Rose; Book by Philip Rose March 15, 1970 - November 6, 1971

• Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? [Original, Play]

Produced by Philip Rose Feb 25, 1969 - Mar 29, 1969

• The Ninety Day Mistress [Original, Play]

Directed by Philip Rose; Produced by Philip Rose Nov 6, 1967 - Nov 25, 1967

• Nathan Weinstein, Mystic, Connecticut [Original, Play, Comedy]

Produced by Philip Rose Feb 25, 1966 - Feb 26, 1966

• The Owl and the Pussycat [Original, Play, Comedy]

Produced by Philip Rose Nov 18, 1964 - Nov 27, 1965

• Cafe Crown [Original, Musical, Comedy]

Produced by Philip Rose Apr 17, 1964 - Apr 18, 1964

• Nobody Loves an Albatross [Original, Play, Comedy]

Produced by Philip Rose Dec 19, 1963 - Jun 20, 1964

• The Heroine [Original, Play]

Produced by Philip Rose Feb 19, 1963 - Mar 9, 1963

• Bravo Giovanni [Original, Musical]

Produced by Philip Rose May 19, 1962 - Sep 15, 1962

• Purlie Victorious [Original, Play, Comedy]

Produced by Philip Rose Sep 28, 1961 - May 12, 1962

• Semi-Detached [Original, Play]

Produced by Philip Rose Mar 10, 1960 - Mar 12, 1960

• A Raisin in the Sun [Original, Play, Drama]

Produced by Philip Rose Mar 11, 1959 - Jun 25, 1960

Filmography

 Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Actor, Writer, Self Producer

• 1980s
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961) (producer/stage production)
• 1960s
• Purlie (1981) (TV) (producer)

 Miscellaneous Crew

• 1970s
• The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) (presenter: stage production)
• 1960s
• Gone Are the Days! (1963) (producer: original stage production) ... aka Purlie Victorious ... aka The Man from C.O.T.T.O.N. (USA: reissue title)

 Actor

• "White Hunter" .... McKimba (1 episode, 1957)
• The Squire of the Serengeti (1957) TV Episode .... McKimba
• Across the Bridge (1957) (uncredited)

 Writer

• Purlie (1981) (TV) (play Purlie Victorious)

 Self

"American Masters" .... Himself - Producer 'A Raisin in the Sun' (1 episode, 2000) Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) TV Episode .... Himself - Producer 'A Raisin in the Sun'

 

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Ezzatollah Sahabi, Iranian politician, Member of Parliament (1980–1984), died from a stroke he was , 81.

Ezzatollah Sahabi was an Iranian scholar, humanitarian, democracy activist, politician and former parliament member died from a stroke he was , 81.. He was famous for his political-economical social analysis, and also for the many years of imprisonment in both the pre-revolution and post-revolution eras. He was leader of the Nationalist-Religious Coalition from 2003 until his death in 2011.

(9 May 1930- 31 May 2011)

Early life

Sahabi was born on 9 May 1930 in Tehran, Iran. His father, Yadollah Sahabi, was an influential figure in the 1979 Iranian revolution.
He studied mechanical engineering at the Faculty of Engineering Tehran University.

Political career

He was appointed as a member of Council of Islamic Revolution by Ruhollah Khomeini in 12 February 1979. Mehdi Bazargan, then Prime Minister of Iran, named Sahabi as Head of National Budget Center. He was elected as a member of Parliament in election of 1980.
In later years Sahabi was managing editor of the journal Iran-e Farda (The Iran of Tomorrow), which was banned by the Islamic government,^[2] and participated in the 2000 'Iran After the Elections' Conference held in Berlin, for which he was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment.^[3] He was well known as the leader of the Iran's Nationalist-Religious political alliance.
Sahabi spent a total of 15 years in prison both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution.^[4]

Personal life

Sahabi was married to Zahra Ataei, whose maternal uncle was Mehdi Bazargan. They had a son and a daughter. In April 2011, he was hospitalized in Persian Hospital. On 1 May 2011, Sahabi went into a coma after a stroke. On 31 May 2011, he died at age 81 in Modarres Hospital and his funeral was held the next day.^[5][6]

Funeral

Sahabi's funeral was reportedly marred by the removal of his body by plain clothes authorities, the death of his daughter, Haleh Sahabi, from cardiac arrest, and the beating and arrest of several mourners. According to an unnamed journalist present at the funeral, a "large group" of plainclothes and security forces present at the ceremony "beat a number of mourners", including Haleh Sahabi.^[7] Haleh Sahabi reportedly collapsed after trying to stop authorities from removing her father's body. According to Haleh's uncle^[8], the woman died due to "the beating given to her, (which) were severe". However, her son Shamekhi ^[9] stated that his mother died "not due to beatings but because of a cardiac arrest".^[10] Mourners reportedly arrested at the funeral include Habibollah Peyman, a member of the Freedom Movement of Iran, political activist Hamid Ahrari, and Hamed Montazeri, the grandson of the late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.^[11] Fars news agency denied there had been any clash with police and accused the opposition movement of seeking to politicise the incident.^[12]

 

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